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September 2012
25 Sep 2012 Time to clean up this watery mess
24 Sep 2012 HSBC kicks off Spring lending campaign
24 Sep 2012 Special events options are an underused tool
24 Sep 2012 News Round Up: September 24
24 Sep 2012 Is the home loan battle moving to a new space?
24 Sep 2012 Prices acquire extra importance
24 Sep 2012 Banks eye long-term customers
21 Sep 2012 Super Fund Guardians gets a new chair
21 Sep 2012 [Weekly Wrap] Maybe shares have better tax treatment than property?
21 Sep 2012 Is the home loan battle moving?
21 Sep 2012 RBNZ targets house prices
21 Sep 2012 Fidelity and AIA poised to go app to the future
21 Sep 2012 RBNZ targets house prices
21 Sep 2012 Borrowers spoilt for choice
21 Sep 2012 AMP research partners under review
21 Sep 2012 Interest rates drive investors into property: Alexander
21 Sep 2012 Auckland 'still affordable'
20 Sep 2012 Strength of Kiwibank’s insurance business revealed
20 Sep 2012 Heartland profit forecast downgraded, but future positive
20 Sep 2012 Trans-Tasman pension transfers gets closer
20 Sep 2012 Trade Me analysis shows quakes' impact
20 Sep 2012 Water is landlords' responsibility: APIA
19 Sep 2012 Rating agency warns about Credit Union North
19 Sep 2012 Australasian shares more tax efficient than cash
19 Sep 2012 Rates down
19 Sep 2012 Auckland's Hilton hotel sells
19 Sep 2012 Don't rush to no-reserve auctions: Helm
18 Sep 2012 Gareth Morgan Investments expands its investment strategy team
18 Sep 2012 Aussie heavyweight calls for KiwiSaver compulsion
18 Sep 2012 ANZ: No OCR increase until 2014
18 Sep 2012 Housing bubble warning
17 Sep 2012 Rates round-up: September 17
17 Sep 2012 NZ tipped to follow Aussie FATCA move
17 Sep 2012 ANZ National cut rates
17 Sep 2012 Salespeople return to industry
14 Sep 2012 [Weekly Wrap] Back to the drawing board
14 Sep 2012 Southern Cross funds more elective surgery
14 Sep 2012 Harbour commentary: Few surprises in Earnings Season
14 Sep 2012 Hattersley heads north
14 Sep 2012 Reputation, innovation and underwriting key to securing life business
14 Sep 2012 Predictions for the OCR
14 Sep 2012 Regulation is an adviser’s friend
14 Sep 2012 Shares manifesto 'misleading'
14 Sep 2012 Property investment not always the solution: Alexander
13 Sep 2012 F&P Finance rating bolstered by takeover
13 Sep 2012 Chairman goes as Tower considers offers
13 Sep 2012 OCR to stay flat for at least a year
13 Sep 2012 OCR unchanged; rate increases subdued
13 Sep 2012 Advisers told to get more involved
13 Sep 2012 ASB's home loan book shrinks - again
13 Sep 2012 RBNZ leaves cash rate unchanged; Cost of mortgages historically low
13 Sep 2012 Lifestyle property market steady
13 Sep 2012 Investors, first-home buyers active: Survey
13 Sep 2012 OCR stays at 2.5%
12 Sep 2012 All quiet
12 Sep 2012 Adviser prospecting restrictions loosened
12 Sep 2012 Heat pump subsidy scrapped
12 Sep 2012 Recession a growth opportunity for property consultants
11 Sep 2012 ISO Case Studies - August 2012
11 Sep 2012 IFA surprised by low Money Week turnout
11 Sep 2012 Westpac's cut and tuck
11 Sep 2012 Steady price rise, QV reports
11 Sep 2012 QV: Regional breakdown
11 Sep 2012 Federation's survey challenges insulation claims
11 Sep 2012 Regulation for property managers is overdue
11 Sep 2012 Petition calls for property management regulation
10 Sep 2012 New director for FSCL
10 Sep 2012 FMA beats Perpetual court challenge
10 Sep 2012 Rates round-up: September 10
10 Sep 2012 Opportunity for advisers in self-managed funds
10 Sep 2012 Bollard's swansong: Low interest rates
10 Sep 2012 Bollard's swansong low interest rates
10 Sep 2012 It's all about the claim - apart from when it's all about not claiming
10 Sep 2012 Brook Report: Build on solid foundations
10 Sep 2012 Sales up but market still subdued: REINZ
10 Sep 2012 Christchurch rents to skyrocket
07 Sep 2012 Inflation-linked bonds “risk-free”
07 Sep 2012 [Weekly wrap] Botherway's mission complete
07 Sep 2012 Cigna's direct sales a winner
07 Sep 2012 Accuro gets its first rating
07 Sep 2012 Advisers overdoing the paperwork
07 Sep 2012 Rate and house price updates
07 Sep 2012 Block houses might have got better prices sold separately: Newland
07 Sep 2012 Property finders nothing new: Newland
07 Sep 2012 Consider shares, property investors told
06 Sep 2012 Tower's Medical business marked
06 Sep 2012 Botherway departs ANZ Wealth
06 Sep 2012 Govt sees no SOE advice shortage
06 Sep 2012 Mike Pero changes hands
06 Sep 2012 Warrants of fitness not the solution: NZPIF
06 Sep 2012 Number of new listings up: Realestate.co.nz
05 Sep 2012 Liberty gets Mike Pero
05 Sep 2012 Bad debts and bad advice
05 Sep 2012 Banks' bad debt charges set to blow out again: Tripe
05 Sep 2012 IRG sells advisory business to ForBarr
05 Sep 2012 Big lift in Canterbury reconstruction
05 Sep 2012 Sales booming but prices steady: Barfoot and Thompson
04 Sep 2012 Quake shakes Tower’s profit forecast
04 Sep 2012 Adviser guilty of $15m fraud
04 Sep 2012 Former mortgage broker Buddle charged
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[Weekly Wrap] What we know, and don't know, about Labour's retirement policies. Plus a potential surprise
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Latest Comments
FE Investments in receivership
Fei , trustees still hold large of money not yet refund fully.
6 days ago Raymond Yang
Who is responsible for notifying policy changes?
There is no doubt the obligation is on the insurer who the contract is with. Clearly it would be prudent for an adviser to assist once given clear information by an insurer to assist with the communication but to extend this further. For an insurer to attempt to slide this onto an advisers plate is abdication. The adviser can not change the contract.
1 week ago Darryl Scott
FMA CEO on leave
At the risk of sounding like a broken record, the fundamental flaw in the legislation came about partly through the event that Murray mentions, and also through the negligence of the Select Committee in ignoring the single most cited recommendation in all the submissions (over 34% from memory) of drawing a distinction between product sales and financial advice. To add to their misdemeanour, the Committee then added a paragraph to the Bill confirming that recommendation of one product only constituted financial advice - or words to that effect. The inherent conflict of interest lies in an individual retained by a Class 4 licensee being required to adhere to a code of conduct that requires prioritisation of client interests. To expect a product sales person to subordinate their contractual obligation to their employer is unrealistic, unworkable, and unreasonable. To emphasise, I have no issue with a product provider marketing and selling their own products - but not behind the opaque veil of legislation intended to govern financial advice. If MBIE ever gets around to review FSLAA, Financial Advisers, FANZ, and all other interested stakeholders should mount a fully-funded intensive campaign to persuade our employees in Wellington to remove class 4 licensees from FSLAA, and replace their obligations within an amended CoFI Act.
2 weeks ago David Whyte
FMA CEO on leave
@Murray: The reps seemed to be acting on their personal interests rather than the interests of advisers. Conflict of interest, isn't it?
2 weeks ago w k
KiwiSaver funds shake off Middle East tension
In this recent presentation of mine https://www.knowrisk.co.nz I show that the average Balanced KiwiSaver fund has added approximately +0.43% over and above the gross average policy Benchmark's return's. However, the averge annual costs of -0.97% for Balanced funds have eroded that to be slighly below BMK after costs consistent with typical SPIVA studies. Note this cost number is for the 45 Balanced Funds used only - for all KiwiSaver Funds it is closer to -0.70% p.a. The presentation goes on to show that quite a bit of return is being left on the table by the one size fits all view of risk.
2 weeks ago P Urbani